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ReviewRevista Brasileira de terapia intensiva

Variable mechanical ventilation.

Paula Caitano Fontela, Renata Bernardy Prestes, Luiz Alberto Forgiarini, Gilberto Friedman

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Review in Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paula Caitano FontelaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Pneumológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil.
Renata Bernardy PrestesCurso de Mestrado Acadêmico em Biociências e Reabilitação, Centro Universitário Metodista IPA - Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil.
Luiz Alberto ForgiariniPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Biociências e Reabilitação e Reabilitação e Inclusão, Centro Universitário Metodista IPA - Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil.
Gilberto FriedmanPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Pneumológicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil.
Centro Universitário Metodista IPA · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objective: To review the literature on the use of variable mechanical ventilation and the main outcomes of this technique.

methods: Search, selection, and analysis of all original articles on variable ventilation, without restriction on the period of publication and language, available in the electronic databases LILACS, MEDLINE®, and PubMed, by searching the terms "variable ventilation" OR "noisy ventilation" OR "biologically variable ventilation".

results: A total of 36 studies were selected. Of these, 24 were original studies, including 21 experimental studies and three clinical studies.

conclusion: Several experimental studies reported the beneficial effects of distinct variable ventilation strategies on lung function using different models of lung injury and healthy lungs. Variable ventilation seems to be a viable strategy for improving gas exchange and respiratory mechanics and preventing lung injury associated with mechanical ventilation. However, further clinical studies are necessary to assess the potential of variable ventilation strategies for the clinical improvement of patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansLung DiseasesLung InjuryPulmonary Gas ExchangeRespiration, ArtificialRespiratory Function TestsRespiratory Mechanics

Identifiers

PMID28444076
PMCPMC5385989
OpenAlexW2607665037

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